An Easter egg snippet…

Hello & welcome to my snippet! I took Caturday off this week so this is a little late. It’s a bit from Art House that includes a location you might recognize if you’ve read The Nesting Habits of Strange Birds and/or Better Than New. Chase’s surprise visit from Garrett’s BFF Jess includes breakfast and the TLC he’s in need of.

She patted his hand and led him two blocks to a hole-in-the-wall coffeehouse he’d been to maybe a handful of times, and sat him on a small sofa covered in blue-and-white-striped fabric. “Stay here. I’ll be right back.”

Chase looked around, but everything looked just a bit off. It’s me. I need food and coffee. Or maybe the place was actually surreal. On a high shelf behind the counter sat a row of what looked like sculptures made from broken coffee cups.

Thanks for reading!

To find links to more snippets, visit the Rainbow Snippets FB Group. It’s a public group and everyone is welcome to join.

For more about Art House, check out the Buchanan House series page at Dreamspinner or use this Amazon Universal Link.

Have a lovely weekend!

onlytherose

Not a spoilery snippet..

Hello & Happy Caturday! I just wrapped up my Art House tour (except for the giveaway winner, so there’s still time to comment & enter!) but am not ready to say goodbye to those guys quite yet. Here’s a cagey little snippet that would be spoilery if I gave it any intro.

 

He couldn’t see much—the glow from Buchanan House barely made it around the corner of the boathouse—but the pounding of the surf was near enough to feel in the air. When he tipped his head up, a smattering of stars shone in the black velvet sky. The wind buffeted his face, tossing random mist at him, and Chase might have actually howled at the beautiful moon if Garrett hadn’t groaned.

He collapsed against Chase and groaned again. “I’m sorry. I can’t.”

 

Thanks for reading!

To find links to more snippets, visit the Rainbow Snippets FB Group. It’s a public group and everyone is welcome to join.

For more about Art House, check out the Buchanan House series page at Dreamspinner or use this Amazon Universal Link.

 

Have a lovely weekend!

onlytherose

A tasty little snippet…

Hello and Happy Caturday! I’ll spare you the trials of my master bathroom & share a sweet little snippet from Art House. ❤

 

When Chase woke up from his second power nap after his second orgasm, Garrett was sitting cross-legged beside him on the bed. He was eating some kind of noodles from a to-go container, his cheeks tinged a light pink. “That smells great.”

“Tastes even better.” Garrett kissed him with sweet-and-sour sauce on his lips. “We should go dancing tonight.”

 

Thanks for reading!

To find links to more snippets, visit the Rainbow Snippets FB Group. It’s a public group and everyone is welcome to join.

For more about Art House, check out the Buchanan House series page at Dreamspinner or use this Amazon Universal Link.

 

Have a lovely weekend!

onlytherose

Art House tour stops!

Art House was released last week and I completely forgot to post about the blog tour! I’m still a little rusty at this whole author deal, so please forgive the oversight.

I’ll share the links and dates, but first the fun part–I’m holding a different kind of giveaway (at least, it’s different for me). I’m going to pack up a signed paperback of Art House, one of every kind of swag I’ve made for the series, and some cool Dreamspinner swag, and ship it all to the winner. I know, this goes against everything I’ve heard about giveaways, but Art House is the last book in this series so I think it’s okay to break a rule or two. 😉

Here are the deets about the giveaway:

Every comment during my tour will be an entry in my giveaway. At the end of the tour everyone’s name will go into a hat and the winner will get a signed paperback of Art House, some Buchanan House and Dreamspinner swag, and a surprise or two. This giveaway is worldwide. 😊 The winner will be announced on Sunday September 9th.

One of the surprises will be signed paperbacks of Tiny House and Safe House. If you have any suggestions for cool swag surprises, drop them into the comments here. I’ll consider these comments as entries as well, as a special thank-you for following my blog. ❤

Art House Tour Stops
15-Aug MM Good Book Reviews
17-Aug Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words
21-Aug Happily Ever Chapter
23-Aug Love Bytes
28-Aug Open Skye Book Reviews
29-Aug My Fiction Nook
5-Sep Dreamspinner Blog

Thank you for all of your support throughout the past five years, it’s meant the world to me!

For more about Art House, click on the banner to go to the Dreamspinner Press website, or click here for the Amazon Universal Link.

A classy little snippet…

Hello and welcome to my snippet! It’s been awhile–but I’m moved into my new home & most of the boxes are unpacked, so now it’s time to get back to “normal.” I can actually see my carpet AND the lovely stone tiles on my dining room floor! Most of them, anyway.

In honor of the release of Art House, Buchanan House: Book Six I’m going to snippet from it! This scene between Chase & Garret is a little longer than 6 sentences, so you can stop after 6 if you’d like. The first line is Chase’s.

 

“What other retro things do you want to try?”

“Talking on a dialing phone.”

That was fast. “You mean a rotary phone?”

“Is that what they’re called? Say, did you have other people on your phone line when you were a kid?”

“You mean a party line? Yes, for a little while.”

“That sounds like fun.”

“Yeah… not really. Almost every time we picked up the phone, someone would already be talking, so we’d have to wait until they were finished. It sounds like more fun than it was.”

“Aww, don’t burst my bubble. You didn’t hear any secrets? Bust anyone cheating or talking about committing a crime?”

“Not once. Sorry, babe.”

Garrett kissed Chase’s neck and slid one leg between his—he didn’t rub, just let it sit there driving Chase mad. “You’re way better than history class.”

 

Thanks for reading!

To find links to more snippets, visit the Rainbow Snippets FB Group. It’s a public group and everyone is welcome to join.

For more about Art House, check out the Buchanan House series page at Dreamspinner or use this Amazon Universal Link.

 

Have a lovely weekend!

onlytherose

New Release! Art House, Buchanan House: Book Six!

Today is release day for the final book in the Buchanan House series! It’s been a long time coming and I’m excited to share Chase & Garrett’s story with you!

Chase Holland spends his days painting Portland scenes to hang in local businesses, neglecting his own surrealist style. After twenty-five years as a full-time artist, he’s frustrated that his career has stalled, but churning out the equivalent of corporate art is better than getting a day job. Chase and Garrett have been together—off and on, but mostly on—for a decade. If asked, they would both say the source of their trouble is the seventeen-year age gap. The truth is less clear-cut. Life would be so much easier if Chase could make a living with his own art, or if Garrett held less conventional ideas about relationships.

Garrett Frisch has been watching their friends get married for the past two years, and it’s taking an emotional toll. When he proposes as a way to keep them together permanently, he thinks he’s being responsible, but Chase is ambivalent and hurt and can’t hide it. It doesn’t help that Garrett’s anxiety is out of control and he’s dealing with insecurities about his own art career. They will have to do their least favorite thing—talk about something more important than which food cart to visit—if they are to get the happy ending they both want.

 

Buy Art House

 

Dreamspinner Press:

eBook:  https://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/books/art-house-by-charley-descoteaux-9820-b

Paperback:  https://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/books/art-house-by-charley-descoteaux-9821-b

Buchanan House series page: https://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/books/buchanan-house-6311-s

Amazon Universal Link:  mybook.to/BHSeriesBookSix

iBooks: https://itunes.apple.com/mt/book/art-house/id1410429474?mt=11

Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/art-house

 

Series: Buchanan House
Book Number: 6
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Release Date:  August 21, 2018
Pages:  254
Cover Artist: L.C. Chase

 

 

A cool little snippet…

Hello and welcome to my snippet!

It won’t be long and I’ll be able to share the cover L.C. Chase made for Art House. It’s literally smokin’. The Novel Approach will host my cover reveal on Thursday, 7/19 and I can’t wait! For now, here’s a steamy little snippet that ends on a cool note. It’s NSFW, but not too far over the line. 😉

 

Chase kissed Garrett’s shoulders and started working his way down. “You’re burned.”

“I’m burning, you mean.” Garrett pulled the knot in the rope holding up his shorts and pushed them to the floor. His cock bounced stiffly for a second before Garrett leaned his body against Chase’s. “I want you.”

Chase walked him backward the few steps to the bed closest to the bathroom and took the time to toss the blanket away so they could lie on the cool sheets.

 

Thanks for reading!

To find links to more snippets, visit the Rainbow Snippets FB Group. It’s a public group and everyone is welcome to join.

For more about this series, check out the Buchanan House page at Dreamspinner or use this Amazon Universal Link.

 

Have a lovely weekend!

onlytherose

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Another house-centric snippet…

Hello and Happy Pride! Welcome to my snippet!

This week’s will be my last house-centric teaser from the Buchanan House series. Probably. It’s from Art House, Buchanan House: Book Six, which will be out in late August. It can pretty much stand on its own, so I’m going to let it do that.

 

Chase dragged himself down the hidden staircase and followed the aroma of coffee into the kitchen. If it had been a day when Buchanan House was open, the kitchen would have been bustling with activity even at eleven in the morning. On a Wednesday, not so much. Pretty much the only sound came from the laundry room, but the closed door kept it fairly quiet in the kitchen. Chase poured himself coffee, and Paulie gave him a peach scone. Paulie knew he wasn’t much of a breakfast eater, and the fact that he didn’t try to feed him a whole meal made Chase feel calm. Understood. Like he was with family.

 

Thanks for reading!

To find links to more snippets, visit the Rainbow Snippets FB Group. It’s a public group and everyone is welcome to join.

To learn more about the book check out the Buchanan House Series page at Dreamspinner or use this Amazon Universal Link.

 

Have a lovely weekend!

onlytherose

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A sweet little snippet!

Happy Caturday Snippetteers!

In honor of the galley proof, I’m snippetting from Art House, Buchanan House: Book Six! This is probably the angstiest of the Buchanan House books, which is one reason I still love it even at this stage of edits.

Here’s a little snip from Chase’s POV. I don’t think it needs much of an intro. 😉

“I’ve been missing you.” Chase brought his free hand up to Garrett’s
face. He caressed his soft cheek, drew a fingertip along his jawline, applying
the barest whisper of pressure, hoping he would look up.

Garrett’s lips parted, and he gazed at Chase with a familiar expression
that said “I don’t quite believe it, but don’t stop.” So Chase didn’t stop. He
dipped his head and kissed Garrett’s cheek, his jaw, and left more kisses
trailing to that special spot behind his ear.

 

 

Thanks for reading!

To find links to more snippets, visit the Rainbow Snippets FB Group. It’s a public group and everyone is welcome to join. Have a lovely weekend!

Click the graphic to visit the series page at Dreamspinner Press–they’re even on sale for Spring Fling!

 

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A less than artful proposition…

Hand drawing heart in sand on the beachHola Snippetteers and welcome!

I hope you’re staying cool (or warm, depending on where you are) and enjoying life! Things are slowly getting back to normal here which is a relief because i have a lot of cool stuff coming up and don’t want to do any of it halfway.

I’m sharing from BH#6 again today–the last book in my Buchanan House series (that is still not finished). Last week I introduced Garrett and this week am rolling out a teaser for one of the big issues in the story. You can find previous snippets from this story here.

Nope. Not telling what it is but you’ll probably get it. 🙂

The first line of dialogue is a guy who works in an art supply store. He’s just recognized Chase’s name from his credit card and they chatted a little about art while the kid bagged his purchase. Standard warnings re: creative punctuation and unedited material apply.

 

“Say, if you’re free in a couple hours maybe we could grab a beer and talk about it.”

The kid’s look said talking was probably low on his priority list; Chase guessed the kid would have let him buy the beer though.

“Not free, but thanks.”

“I don’t see a ring.”

Is this what getting cruised is like now?

Chase shuddered but forced what he hoped was a friendly smile onto his face at the same time. “Not everyone who’s unmarried is free.”

 

Thanks for reading!

To find links to more snippets, visit the Rainbow Snippets FB Group. It’s a public group and everyone is welcome to join. Have a lovely weekend!

If you’re looking for a short (and free) read for your weekend, Buchanan House Book Two, Pride Weekend, is always free at the Dreamspinner store and All Romance eBooks.

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